All Young-Ha Kim Quotes
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The artistic desire reveals itself in dark form - in karaoke bars [or] trolling on the Internet.
Artistic
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We are all born artists. ... Almost everything kids do is art.
All
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The magic question is, 'What for?' But art is not for anything. Art is the ultimate goal.
Art
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[We often] criticize the people on TV: 'He just can't act.' 'You call that singing?' ... We get jealous not because we're evil, but because…
Act
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A novel, basically, is writing one sentence — then, without violating the scope of the first one, writing the next sentence.
First One
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A kid who has just started to lie is taking the first step as a storyteller.
First Step
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People who don’t know how to summarize have no dignity. Neither do people who needlessly drag on their messy lives. They who don’t know the…
Beauty
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A revolution cannot progress without the fuel of terror. With time that relationship inverts: the revolution presses forward for the sake of terror. Like an…
Artist
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People unconsciously want to reveal their inner urges.
Inner
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I always take a close look at those who lose themselves in self portraits. They are solitary souls, prone to introspection, who have really grappled…
Always Take
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There are only two ways to be a god: through creation or murder.
Creation
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And still everything’s the same, even though I did my best to get as far away as I could.
Best
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Sometimes fiction is more easily understood than true events. Reality is often pathetic.
Easily
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Why does nothing change, even when you set out for a faraway place?
Change
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Novels are food for the leftover hours of life, the in-between times, the moments of waiting.
Food
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Life is a continuous cycle of once-terrifying things becoming normal.
Becoming
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